I have been reflecting on the creation of this piece since its first tentative exposure in April this year. I have put together here in this short film a consideration of that. One question that keeps coming up concerns how Jenny and I work together on the piece. That’s quite complex to explain but hopefully the film will demonstrate some of that. In this short film are images, clips from the scratch and a voice-over taken from one of our many discussions. I have found it helpful to reflect in this way since it allows me to see what I add to the work as a result of the discussion. The voiceover predates the scratch showing and comes from earlier in the process following a “pre-scratch” scratch if there is such a thing. While I am on this term. We used to use the words “work in progress”. I think Ridiculusmus were the first artists to use the phrase in relation to work in progress before it meant “itch”. Working on this project is like having an itch.

By Carran Waterfield in The House, Working diary - The House on May 19, 2015